E
It was a long winter
A      B                   E    A  B
Spring sure took its sweet time
       E
Such a long winter
A        B       E    A B
I almost lost my mind


[Chorus]
A
It felt like my prayers
Abm
Got frozen in mid air
Gbm                B
Stuck somewhere up in the clouds
         E    A      B
It was a long winter
                  E   A B
But we're alright now


[Verse 2]
         E
It was a long hard lesson
A             B            E     A B
I guess I had something to learn
                  E
Like some kind of long slow baptism
A           B            E    A B
I must have character to burn


[Chorus 2]
A
I kept holding on to see
Abm
A little green on that cypress tree
Gbm                                     B
And feel the first gulf breeze from the south
         E    A     B
It was a long winter
                  E   A B
but we're alright now


[Bridge]
Gbm                        E
There were some dark heavy days
    G              D
The darkest of our lives
Gbm             E
Some dark heavy days
          Dbm
But we survived
           B
and we survived


[Instrumental]

E A B x4

[Verse 3]
         E
It was a long winter
A         B              E    A B
Thank God you were by my side
               E
'Cause when my long shot hopes grew dimmer
A   B           E   A B
You kept them alive


[Chorus 3]
A
Now you're asleep inside
Abm
and I'm looking up at a starry sky
Gbm
Smilin' at the warm night
             B
that finally came back around
         E     A    B
It was a long winter
         E     A    B
It was a long winter
         E     A    B
It was a long winter
                 E   A B
But we're alright now
                 E   A B
Yeah we're alright now
            E   A B
We're alright now
            E   A B
We're alright now